Monday, December 29, 2008

UFC 92: Ultimate 2008 on Setanta Sports - TV Review

It’s the final pay-per-view of the year, when the second piece of the jigsaw puzzle that is currently the UFC Heavyweight Championship is put into place, as Antonio Nogueira defends his interim title against Frank Muir, while Forrest Griffin defends his Light-Heavyweight title against Rashad Evans at UFC 92: Ultimate 2008, shown live here in Britain on Setanta Sports.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Chuck Liddell - Iceman: My Fighting Life - Book Review

Over the past few years I’ve read and reviewed countless professional wrestling books, but only one on mixed martial arts. You see, living in a small English coastal town means that it’s quite unlikely that you’ll see an MMA themed book in our branch of Jarrolds. Which is why I was both surprised and pleased that I saw Chuck Liddell’s biography screaming at me from the shelf.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

IPW:UK Shoot Interview Series - Martin Stone - DVD Review

Here in Britain, as the once mighty Frontier Wrestling Alliance was dying a slow and painful death, there was one piece of talent coming through that caught my eye. Having been in and around the company for a couple of years, it was a while before he actually got his big break. The guy has that “it” factor about him, and when I first saw him, I knew there and then that he would become one of British wrestling’s top stars. That man was Martin Stone.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

WWE Armageddon on Sky Box Office - TV Review

It’s the final wrestling pay-per-view of the year, with Triple H and Jeff Hardy challenging Edge for the WWE title, and Chris Jericho challenging John Cena for the World title. It’s WWE Armageddon, shown live here in Britain in the early hours of this past Sunday morning on Sky Box Office.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

UFC Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale on Setanta Sports - TV Review

It’s the second visit to the world of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in recent days, and this time it’s to look at the live final of the eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter, shown live here in Britain on Setanta Sports in the early days of last Sunday morning. However, as with Cage Rage’s similar show, I actually haven’t watched any of the shows, but as I’ve discovered in the past, this won’t detract from my enjoyment of the action.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

UFC Fight for the Troops on Setanta Sports - TV Review

It’s time for the UFC to show the wares on free television again, and this time they’re doing it twice in a week! With a review of the Ultimate Fighter Finale 8 to come, this review will look back at Ultimate Fight Night 16: Fight for the Troops, shown this past Wednesday live on Setanta Sports here in Britain. As usual, our hosts for the evening are Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan.

Friday, December 12, 2008

TNA Final Resolution on Bravo 2 - TV Review

It’s multi-man match madness again, as Total Non-Stop Action return to the Impact Zone for….hang on a minute! Hasn’t there been a Final Resolution pay-per-view this year? Anyway, it’s the final TNA pay-per-view of the year, Final Resolution, with the war between the Main Event Mafia and TNA’s Frontline continuing with an eight-man tag, shown on a three day delay on Bravo 2 here in Britain. As usual, Mike Tenay and Don West are handling the commentary duties, and thankfully, West has got a pretty decent shirt on this time!

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

UCUK Bad Breed on Nuts TV - TV Review

With EliteXC having gone belly up, Cage Rage is no more, and from their ashes, a new mixed martial arts promotion has arisen here in Britain, Ultimate Challenge UK, who presented their first show, Bad Breed, at The Troxy in London, shown live here in Britain this past Saturday on Nuts TV.

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Bye Bye Fight Network!


On March 15th, 2004, I felt like a kid in a sweet shop, because it was on that day my television viewing habits changed. Well, for a while anyway.

WSU Payback's a Bitch - DVD Review

This edition of The Two Sheds Review sees another US indy promotion make it’s debut here - Women Superstars Uncensored. For our first gander at this promotion we’re going to take a look back at the DVD release of their recent Payback’s a Bitch show.

Monday, December 01, 2008

Cage Gladiators: Beatdown on ITV4 - TV Review

This past Friday night saw the return of British-based MMA promotion Cage Gladiators return to ITV4 screens here in Britain with a showing on their latest show, Beatdown, held this past October at the Olympia in Liverpool, featuring an appearance by former UFC star Rico Rodriguez, going up against British star Rob Broughton.